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KURAMOCHI Yusuke

KURAMOCHI Yusuke
Associate Professor
Faculty Department of Science / Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/Yusuke_Kuramochi

Education and Career

Education

  • Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science,
  • Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Materials Science,
  • Tokyo University of Science, Graduate School, Division of Natural Science,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2025 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025 , The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science 特任研究員
  • Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2024 , Tokyo University of Science Faculty of Science, Division 2 講師
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2021 , Tokyo University of Science Faculty of Science, Division 2 助教
  • Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2016 , Tokyo Institute of Technology 流動研究員
  • Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2015 , Kitasato University 特任助教
  • 2008 - 2011 , Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Postdoctoral fellow
  • 2006 - 2008 , Nara Institute of Science and Technology 博士研究員

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials , Organic functional materials
  • Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering) , Electronic devices and equipment
  • Nanotechnology/Materials , Biochemistry
  • Nanotechnology/Materials , Functional solid-state chemistry

Research Interests

二酸化炭素, 錯体, 希土類, 光合成, 超分子, 配位化学, 電荷移動, エネルギー移動, フラーレン, ポルフィリン, 光化学, Complex, Lanthanide, Photosynthesis, Supramolecule, Coordination Chemistry, Charge Transfer, Energy Transfer, Fullerene, Porphyrin

Published Papers

  1. Molecular Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction Using Porphyrin Photosensitizers
    Yusuke Kuramochi
    Photochemistry  57  , 77-84, Aug. 2026  , Refereed
  2. Design Strategy for Heteroleptic Ir(III) Photosensitizers with Spatially Separated Excited Electrons toward Efficient CO2 Reduction
    Toshiya Tanaka; Masahito Oura; Rikuya Nagao; Jo Onodera; Yusuke Kuramochi; Ken Onda; Osamu Ishitani; Kazuhiko Maeda
    Artificial Photosynthesis  20, Jan. 2026  , Refereed
  3. Dynamics of controlled transformation between two states of coordination-organized supramolecular polymers composed of 1,3-Butadiyne-linked Bis-zinc-porphyrin
    Sukyeong Kim; Ren Ikebata; Yusuke Kuramochi; Takayuki Uchihashi; Akiharu Satake
    Coordination Chemistry Research  2  , 100010-, Dec. 2025  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. 光触媒/光半導体を利用した人工光合成 第２編・第３章 錯体化学的アプローチ1－CO2還元反応 , 倉持悠輔; 石谷治 , エヌ・ティ・エス , Jan. 2017

Conference Activities & Talks

  1. クロロフィル類の触媒応用を指向した誘導体化と機能解析 , 氏原 祐輔, 倉持 悠輔, 佐賀 佳央 , 第37回配位化合物の光化学討論会 , 6, Aug. 2026
  2. Ruカルボニル錯体を連結した新規二元系ポルフィリン光触媒の合成と光化学的CO2還元活性の調査 , 岡 純輝; 倉持 悠輔 , 第37回配位化合物の光化学討論会 , 6, Aug. 2026
  3. 非プロトン性溶媒中におけるN-Hイミダゾール連結キノンのヒドロキノンへの電気化学的・光化学的還元：光化学反応に特異的な2-ピリジル置換基の促進効果 , 倉持 悠輔; 三浦 基; 佐竹 彰治 , 第37回配位化合物の光化学討論会 , 6, Aug. 2026

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MISC

  1. ポルフィリンを用いたCO2還元反応 , 倉持悠輔 , カーボン・エネルギーコントロール社会協議会 (CanApple) ニュースレター95 , Aug. 2019
  2. 銅(II)ポルフィリン発光を介した亜鉛(II)ポルフィリンの三重項励起状態の観測 , 倉持悠輔 , 複合系の光機能研究会ニュースレター No.7 , Sep. 2018
  3. XAFS Measurements for the reaction intermediate in carbon dioxide reduction catalyzed by [Ru(bpy)2 (CO)2]2+ , Hitoshi Ishida; Yusuke Kuramochi; Tokushi Sato; Shunsuke Nozawa; Shin-ichi Adachi , Photon Factory Activity Report 2013 PART B Users' Report , 31 , 369 , Jul. 2014

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Patents

  1. 新規セリウム錯体、及び発光材 , 特許7100312
  2. 新規セリウム錯体、及び発光材
  3. セリウム錯体及び該セリウム錯体を含む有機電子素子 , 倉持悠輔, 小林憲史, 東村秀之

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Awards & Honors

  1. Aug. 2023, Selected as a HOT Article and a Front Cover of Chemical Science published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
  2. Aug. 2022, Selected as a Back Cover and an Editor's Choice of Chemical Science published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
  3. 22, Jan. 2020, Selected as a Hot Paper in "Chemistry A European Journal"

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 大気中二酸化炭素直接回収と資源化を実現するポルフィリン-金属錯体光触媒系の創成 , 近畿大学
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Development of multi-excitation transient spectroscopy for analyzing multi-step photo-reduction processes of CO2 , Kyushu University
  3. カーボンリサイクルファンド, 研究助成金, 環状ポルフィリン多量体が織りなす小分子変換反応

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